This article is a case study examination of the role of taboos in the Middle Ages. It analyzes the menstrual taboo during the 12th century. In the Medieval Western World taboos have no structural value. On the contrary scientific and religious discourses bring forth rationalization techniques that countervail taboos. Nonetheless, taboos reappear sporadically in different cultural settings. The menstrual taboo is a good observatory of these contradictory evolutions. Medieval learned medicine promotes menstruation as an essential mechanism to upkeep the physiological balance of women. Therefore, it should not be impeded. Theologians and canonists mostly speak of menstruation when they criticize Jewish Law. The menstrual taboo is rooted in the...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
The impurity of menstrual blood is a universal myth that spans across all societies and cultures. Th...
This article is a case study examination of the role of taboos in the Middle Ages. It analyzes the m...
Can a woman with an issue of blood (menstrual or post-partum bleeding) enter a church ? Theologians ...
Can a woman with an issue of blood (menstrual or post-partum bleeding) enter a church ? Theologians ...
The Curse of Eve—or the menstrual process—was a topic widely stigmatized and perpetuated in the thir...
Cet article retrace les pratiques et croyances entourant les menstruations au Québec au cours de la ...
L'article est paru en italien avec les références suivantes : "Ricordi di sangue : transmissione e s...
L'article est paru en italien avec les références suivantes : "Ricordi di sangue : transmissione e s...
This thesis explores early modem perceptions of menstrual bleeding, demonstrating that attempts to u...
International audienceThis article describes and analyses rituals celebrating a young woman's first ...
Because menstruation is a normal process in women of the child-bearing years, historians long tended...
This thesis explores early modem perceptions of menstrual bleeding, demonstrating that attempts to ...
Today in the 21st century, we may boast of gender equality and women empowerment but the truth ...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
The impurity of menstrual blood is a universal myth that spans across all societies and cultures. Th...
This article is a case study examination of the role of taboos in the Middle Ages. It analyzes the m...
Can a woman with an issue of blood (menstrual or post-partum bleeding) enter a church ? Theologians ...
Can a woman with an issue of blood (menstrual or post-partum bleeding) enter a church ? Theologians ...
The Curse of Eve—or the menstrual process—was a topic widely stigmatized and perpetuated in the thir...
Cet article retrace les pratiques et croyances entourant les menstruations au Québec au cours de la ...
L'article est paru en italien avec les références suivantes : "Ricordi di sangue : transmissione e s...
L'article est paru en italien avec les références suivantes : "Ricordi di sangue : transmissione e s...
This thesis explores early modem perceptions of menstrual bleeding, demonstrating that attempts to u...
International audienceThis article describes and analyses rituals celebrating a young woman's first ...
Because menstruation is a normal process in women of the child-bearing years, historians long tended...
This thesis explores early modem perceptions of menstrual bleeding, demonstrating that attempts to ...
Today in the 21st century, we may boast of gender equality and women empowerment but the truth ...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
This paper comments on a paper by Solvi Sogner published in ADH, 1986, p. 353-359, where she maintai...
The impurity of menstrual blood is a universal myth that spans across all societies and cultures. Th...